The advisor nodded, even if it felt like his heart was breaking. He could understand Madoka's actions and even that this cat had a helping hand in it somehow. She had watched her friends die which had to play havoc with her when they couldn't see Tony. Funny, up to this point he had really thought she was so much stronger than him and took it well. But it was just a mask she wore. Maybe the thought of him being away terrified her too.
Ignis didn't really want her involved in any of this, and if it were up to him he would tuck her away somewhere safe. Women fighting were bad enough and he'd bumped heads with Aranea that time in the woods, telling her that women shouldn't fight. It wasn't that they couldn't but that they shouldn't have to. His daughter with Tony fighting was even more of a thing he didn't wish to see. That was why from mission one he was always protecting her without an issue.
And try as he might, he couldn't sit any longer. He went over to his daughter and swiftly kneeled, wrapping his arms around her. This was Noct's and Tony's fates all over again and he didn't want to be powerless to save them. He had to save everyone and would sacrifice himself in their places if that's how it went down. He had to save his family, his loved ones. But just like with Noct, Madoka might have to walk Noct's road and he didn't want that for any of them, Tony included.
As he held onto his daughter, his hero piped up about them being in a rush to grow up and the strategist turned to him to reply. "Anthony, all of us may have wanted to be young and innocent. But our lives have taken a different turn to where we want to help instead of being helpless. My home fell to the enemy empire and whether or not I wished it, I was sent away before that happened. I had a duty to perform to the new king, and I couldn't just stand by and do nothing." He took a breath and looked up at the man, holding onto their daughter and spoke in a softer tone. "Madoka has seen her friends die at her young age and doesn't want to see any more perish." That too, was Noct's road and Ignis walked it right alongside the king no matter what.
And as much as he didn't like the idea of his daughter sharing blood with someone (because blood had the ultimate magical properties that could be used for ill) if that was her pact, he had to respect that even if it went against himself. So after the cat offered to show Tony what he was talking about, he slowly let Madoka go. Then he rose and walked over where the knight stood, standing off to the side. "All we can do is be there for her and protect her while she's here. And..mayhaps the fates will be kind and send her home with us."
Because Ignis didn't even want to think about going home without Tony by his side.
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Ignis didn't really want her involved in any of this, and if it were up to him he would tuck her away somewhere safe. Women fighting were bad enough and he'd bumped heads with Aranea that time in the woods, telling her that women shouldn't fight. It wasn't that they couldn't but that they shouldn't have to. His daughter with Tony fighting was even more of a thing he didn't wish to see. That was why from mission one he was always protecting her without an issue.
And try as he might, he couldn't sit any longer. He went over to his daughter and swiftly kneeled, wrapping his arms around her. This was Noct's and Tony's fates all over again and he didn't want to be powerless to save them. He had to save everyone and would sacrifice himself in their places if that's how it went down. He had to save his family, his loved ones. But just like with Noct, Madoka might have to walk Noct's road and he didn't want that for any of them, Tony included.
As he held onto his daughter, his hero piped up about them being in a rush to grow up and the strategist turned to him to reply. "Anthony, all of us may have wanted to be young and innocent. But our lives have taken a different turn to where we want to help instead of being helpless. My home fell to the enemy empire and whether or not I wished it, I was sent away before that happened. I had a duty to perform to the new king, and I couldn't just stand by and do nothing." He took a breath and looked up at the man, holding onto their daughter and spoke in a softer tone. "Madoka has seen her friends die at her young age and doesn't want to see any more perish." That too, was Noct's road and Ignis walked it right alongside the king no matter what.
And as much as he didn't like the idea of his daughter sharing blood with someone (because blood had the ultimate magical properties that could be used for ill) if that was her pact, he had to respect that even if it went against himself. So after the cat offered to show Tony what he was talking about, he slowly let Madoka go. Then he rose and walked over where the knight stood, standing off to the side. "All we can do is be there for her and protect her while she's here. And..mayhaps the fates will be kind and send her home with us."
Because Ignis didn't even want to think about going home without Tony by his side.